People

Poonam Gupta

Poonam Gupta

Director General

Arvind Panagariya

Arvind Panagariya

Visiting Distinguished Professor

Barry Eichengreen

Barry Eichengreen

Visiting Distinguished Professor

Sonalde Desai

Sonalde Desai

Professor and Director, NCAER-National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC)

Ratna Sahay

Ratna Sahay

Professor

Udaibir Das

Udaibir Das

Visiting Professor

Shekhar Aiyar

Shekhar Aiyar

Visiting Professor

Ajay Mahal

Ajay Mahal

Professor

Barbara McPake

Barbara McPake

Professor

Sumit Kane

Sumit Kane

Professor

Sam Asher

Sam Asher

Visiting Professor

Farzana Afridi

Farzana Afridi

Visiting Professor

Sanjib Pohit

Sanjib Pohit

Professor

Poonam Munjal

Poonam Munjal

Professor

Bornali Bhandari

Bornali Bhandari

Professor

Anil K Sharma

Anil K Sharma

Secretary and Operations Director

C S Mohapatra

C S Mohapatra

IEPF Chair Professor

Shashanka Bhide

Shashanka Bhide

Honorary Senior Advisor

Gurucharan Manna

Gurucharan Manna

Senior Advisor

Vivek Johri

Vivek Johri

Senior Advisor

Saurabh Sinha 

Saurabh Sinha 

Senior Advisor

Aradhna Aggarwal

Aradhna Aggarwal

Senior Advisor

Sharmistha Baig

Sharmistha Baig

Senior Advisor

Pradip Kumar Bagchi

Pradip Kumar Bagchi

Senior Advisor

K A Siddiqui

K A Siddiqui

Senior Advisor

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

Saurabh Bandyopadhyay

Senior Fellow

Debasis Barik

Debasis Barik

Senior Fellow

Pallavi Choudhuri

Pallavi Choudhuri

Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, NCAER-National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC)

Prabir Kumar Ghosh

Prabir Kumar Ghosh

Senior Fellow

Devender Pratap

Devender Pratap

Senior Fellow

Ashish Desai

Ashish Desai

Visiting Senior Fellow

Tobias Lunt

Tobias Lunt

Visiting Data Scientist

Jagdish Bhagwati

Jagdish Bhagwati

Non resident Senior Fellow

Anil Deolalikar

Anil Deolalikar

Non resident Senior Fellow

Stefan Dercon

Stefan Dercon

Non resident Senior Fellow

Shantayanan Devarajan

Shantayanan Devarajan

Non resident Senior Fellow

Jeffrey S Hammer

Jeffrey S Hammer

Non resident Senior Fellow

Sisira Jayasuriya

Sisira Jayasuriya

Non resident Senior Fellow

Ravi Kanbur

Ravi Kanbur

Non resident Senior Fellow

Rajnish Mehra

Rajnish Mehra

Non resident Senior Fellow

Sudipto Mundle

Sudipto Mundle

Non-resident Senior Fellow

Karthik Muralidharan

Karthik Muralidharan

Non resident Senior Fellow

Raghuram Rajan

Raghuram Rajan

Non resident Senior Fellow

Tarun Ramadorai

Tarun Ramadorai

Non resident Senior Fellow

M Govinda Rao

M Govinda Rao

Non resident Senior Fellow

Suvajit Banerjee

Suvajit Banerjee

Fellow

Palash Baruah

Palash Baruah

Fellow

Chetana Chaudhuri

Chetana Chaudhuri

Fellow

Isha Dayal

Isha Dayal

Fellow

Nijara Deka

Nijara Deka

Fellow

Charu Jain

Charu Jain

Fellow

Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal

Rajesh Kumar Jaiswal

Fellow

Laxmi Joshi

Laxmi Joshi

Fellow

Ajaya Kumar Sahu

Ajaya Kumar Sahu

Fellow

Dinesh Kumar Tiwari

Dinesh Kumar Tiwari

Fellow

Rohit Goel

Rohit Goel

Visiting Fellow

Sharan Sharma

Sharan Sharma

Non-Resident Fellow

Ishita Trivedi

Ishita Trivedi

Economics Editor and Head of Outreach and Communications

Asrar Alam

Asrar Alam

Associate Fellow

Arjita Chandna

Arjita Chandna

Associate Fellow

Aakash Dev

Aakash Dev

Associate Fellow

Dibyasree Ganguly

Dibyasree Ganguly

Associate Fellow

Ruchi Jain

Ruchi Jain

Associate Fellow

Somya Mathur

Somya Mathur

Associate Fellow

Souryabrata Mohapatra

Souryabrata Mohapatra

Associate Fellow

Reshma Roshania

Reshma Roshania

Associate Fellow

Janani Rangan

Janani Rangan

Associate Fellow

Jayanta Talukder

Jayanta Talukder

Associate Fellow

Jyoti Thakur

Jyoti Thakur

Associate Fellow

Kemparaje Urs Subbaraje Urs

Kemparaje Urs Subbaraje Urs

Associate Fellow

Shweta Gupta

Shweta Gupta

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Athira Vinod

Athira Vinod

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Bijay Chouhan

Bijay Chouhan

Senior Data and Systems Specialist

Mahima Vasishth

Mahima Vasishth

Non-Resident Associate Fellow

Chandi Charan Mehentar

Chandi Charan Mehentar

Consultant

Om Prakash Sharma

Om Prakash Sharma

Consultant

Divya Singh

Divya Singh

Head of Finance

Rakesh Kumar Srivastava

Rakesh Kumar Srivastava

Head of Information Technology

Pooja Singh

Pooja Singh

Executive Operations and Outreach

Girish Chander Khulbe

Girish Chander Khulbe

HR Officer

Vibhor

Vibhor

Manager Infrastructure and Events

Devneel Basudev Goswami

Devneel Basudev Goswami

Partnership Associate

Amirthammal Guna Grace

Amirthammal Guna Grace

Programmer

Raktimava Bose

Raktimava Bose

Consultant

Chanchal

Chanchal

Senior Research Analyst

Mukta Kaushik

Mukta Kaushik

Senior Research Analyst

Ramesh Bakthavachalam

Ramesh Bakthavachalam

Librarian

Kiran Chhonkar

Kiran Chhonkar

Assistant Accounts Officer

Ayesha Ahmed

Ayesha Ahmed

Research Analyst

Depannita Ghosh

Depannita Ghosh

Research Analyst

Jaya Koti

Jaya Koti

Research Analyst

Nishika Pal

Nishika Pal

Research Analyst

S Priyadarshini

S Priyadarshini

Research Analyst

Dhruv Pratap Singh

Dhruv Pratap Singh

Research Analyst

Praveen Sachdeva

Praveen Sachdeva

Senior Executive – IT (Research Projects)

Aakansha Atal

Aakansha Atal

Research Associate

Anindita Barua

Anindita Barua

Research Associate

Cheruvu Satya Subrahmanya Bharadwaja

Cheruvu Satya Subrahmanya Bharadwaja

Research Associate

Swapneel Biswas

Swapneel Biswas

Research Associate

Sagnik Das

Sagnik Das

Research Associate

Somdev Singh Deora

Somdev Singh Deora

Research Associate

Ravi Kumar Gupta

Ravi Kumar Gupta

Research Associate

Sameeha Jameel

Sameeha Jameel

Research Associate

Mehak Jain

Mehak Jain

Research Associate

Shubhashree Jha

Shubhashree Jha

Research Associate

Abhishek Jindal

Abhishek Jindal

Research Associate

Yashika Khattar

Yashika Khattar

Research Associate

Sneha Jyoti Kundu

Sneha Jyoti Kundu

Research Associate

Richa Jha

Richa Jha

Research Associate

Amit Mitra

Amit Mitra

Research Associate

Firoz Malik

Firoz Malik

Research Associate

Sovini Mondal

Sovini Mondal

Research Associate

Nisha Goel

Nisha Goel

Research Associate

Rochelle Prakash

Rochelle Prakash

Research Associate

Navya Srivastava

Navya Srivastava

Research Associate

Aliva Smruti

Aliva Smruti

Research Associate

Sneh Thapa

Sneh Thapa

Research Associate

Tim Deisemann

Tim Deisemann

Visiting Research Associate

Priyanshu

Priyanshu

Communications and Outreach Associate

Devanshi Mankotia

Devanshi Mankotia

Visual Design and Communications Associate

Vinay Kumar Pandey

Vinay Kumar Pandey

Field Manager

Ajay Gupta

Ajay Gupta

Consultant

Rajendra K  Lenka

Rajendra K Lenka

Senior Executive (Information Technology)

Yashaswini Sharma

Yashaswini Sharma

Senior Executive (Finance)

Khushvinder Kaur

Khushvinder Kaur

Team Assistant to the DG

Shalini Aggarwal

Shalini Aggarwal

Executive (Research Projects)

Prem Prakash Joshi

Prem Prakash Joshi

Executive (Events)

Vipin Kumar

Vipin Kumar

Executive

Saikat Karmakar

Saikat Karmakar

Executive

Deepa S

Deepa S

Executive

Niraj Kumar Singh

Niraj Kumar Singh

Executive (Research Projects)

Poonam Dhawan

Poonam Dhawan

Research Team Assistant

Tara Kumari

Tara Kumari

Research Team Assistant

Sadhna Singh

Sadhna Singh

Research Team Assistant

Pragati Santolia

Pragati Santolia

Research Team Assistant

Zareena

Zareena

Team Assistant

Poonam Gupta is the Director General of National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), India’s largest economic policy think tank; a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister; and a member of the Advisory Council to the 16th Finance Commission.

She joined NCAER in 2021 after working at senior positions for nearly two decades at the IMF and World Bank in Washington DC. In between Gupta taught at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Maryland (USA) and as a visiting faculty at ISI, Delhi. She has also been the RBI Chair Professor at NIPFP and a Professor at ICRIER.

She is currently on the Boards of NIPFP and GDN (Global Development Network), a member of the World Bank’s advisory groups for ‘Poverty & Equity’ and the ‘World Development Report’, a member of the Development Advisory Committee of NITI Aayog, and of FICCI Executive Committee. She was the Chair of the Task Force on Macroeconomics and  Trade during India’s G20 Presidency. As the founding Director of NCAER’s National Macro and Growth Centre, Gupta leads the work on issues related to Economic Growth, International Financial Architecture, Public Debt, States Finances, Macroeconomic Stability, and Central Banking. Her research has been published in scholarly journals, and in the IMF and World Bank publications. Gupta has nearly fifty widely cited research papers and an edited book on India and China (with Barry Eichengreen) to her credit. Her work has been cited in the Economist, Financial Times and Wall Street Journal. She has been writing regular columns for Business Standard and Economic Times.

Gupta holds a Master’s degree and PhD in Economics from University of Maryland, USA, and a Master’s degree in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. She won the 1998 EXIM Bank award for her PhD on international economics.

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